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[1/2] arm64: mm: only perform memstart_addr sanity check if DEBUG_VM

Message ID 1456163164-23251-1-git-send-email-ard.biesheuvel@linaro.org
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Ard Biesheuvel Feb. 22, 2016, 5:46 p.m. UTC 
Checking whether memstart_addr has been assigned every time it is
referenced adds a branch instruction that may hurt performance if
the reference in question occurs on a hot path. So only perform the
check if CONFIG_DEBUG_VM=y.

Signed-off-by: Ard Biesheuvel <ard.biesheuvel@linaro.org>

---
 arch/arm64/include/asm/memory.h | 4 ++++
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)

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2.5.0


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diff --git a/arch/arm64/include/asm/memory.h b/arch/arm64/include/asm/memory.h
index 68e7d96b9ed3..771d0b506e4b 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/include/asm/memory.h
+++ b/arch/arm64/include/asm/memory.h
@@ -134,7 +134,11 @@ 
 
 extern phys_addr_t		memstart_addr;
 /* PHYS_OFFSET - the physical address of the start of memory. */
+#ifndef CONFIG_DEBUG_VM
+#define PHYS_OFFSET		({ memstart_addr; })
+#else
 #define PHYS_OFFSET		({ BUG_ON(memstart_addr & 1); memstart_addr; })
+#endif
 
 /* the virtual base of the kernel image (minus TEXT_OFFSET) */
 extern u64			kimage_vaddr;